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Body of unidentified man found in river
Capricorn Review
|January 28, 2026
THE body of an unidentified man was discovered floating in the Litshovhu River near Louis Trichardt on Friday, prompting a police investigation.
Limpopo police spokesperson Brig Hlulani Mashaba said community members discovered the body floating in the river and retrieved it before reporting the matter to the police. “The body was taken to the Elim Government Mortuary for a postmortem and police are currently trying to trace the relatives of the deceased, whose identity is still unknown.”
This story is from the January 28, 2026 edition of Capricorn Review.
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